Manifolding sales book



Aug; 14, 1928. Y

- E. K. BOTTLE MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK Filed July 5. 1922 I 'mv Glam/w J6. BY

' p ATTORNEY NTOR Patented Aug. 14,1928.

u N 1 Ten. Ares nnwannflxitnnrfizo rmtn, or ELMI new YORK, ASSIGNOR. r0 AirinueA t SALESI Booxeoitmnv, LIMITED, 0111930113120, on'ranxo, .CANADALA coaronarron or extrins c.

Application flled fl'uly ;5,

pro vision fof a practicalmanifolding b'ook in whieh may readily be utilized record leaves of different texture, thickness, hardness,- or color, and wherein onset the record' ilea-ves 'maybeof substantial, durable material, the:

construction being such thatonly a minimum amount of" transfer-material is required.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a manifolding leaflet or unit in which one of the leaves isof a character to protect the other leaf:

Other objects will beln part obvious and in part pointed out; hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists 1n the features of construction,combinations .1 of elements and" arrangement 'o-f parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the se0pe of-the appli* cation of which will-be indicated mtherfol; lowing claim.

I t j accompanying "drawings forming part of this specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view lllustrating a manifolding device embodying the invention; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, certa n parts being broken away for clearer disclosure.

Referring now more specifically to the drawing the numeral 1 indicates a backing which may be of cardboard, pasteboard or other stiff material and which is hinged at one end 2 to a support. leaf 3 of similarly stiff material. The support leaf 3 underlies the backing and extends out therefrom as indicated at 4, at a point remote from the hinge, the extension serving for the attachment of a pad of tissue leaves hereinafter referred, to. tively indicate original and duplicate leaves going to make up a manifolding leaflet. The underlying leaf 6 of the leaflet is adapted to receive inscription made upon theupper face of the leaf 5, suitable transfer material being utilized. The underlying leaf 6 The numerals 5 and 6 respec mamroLDIN-q semes- BOOK.

1922. Serial ITO/572,776;

besides being a record leaf is also a stop leaf i that is,- it serves to prevent the transferof inscription toianyleaves underlying the same. Tothis end it preferably made of relatively thick. or'heavy paper which also hasa considerable degreeof'stifiness compared to the leaf The :leaf 5 is of'soft paper, and preferably opaque, and'impres PATENT OFFICE. 4

$1011 may readily be transferred therethrough Portions of t-he :leaves 5, and 6; are pasted together, as for instance indicated by =the shaded area-7 at the ends of these two .leaves; For readily separating the" leaves along apredetermined line, the leaf *5 may be weakened as indicated by the dottediline 8. Similarly, in order-to read-' ily divide the stiffer leaf 6, weakened lines may be provided at various points as indicated at 9, 10,11. i a

A pad may be made up of the leaves 5 and 6, and to this end"appluralityref-the com bined record and stop leaves 6 are attached together as by mea ns oftlie staples 12, which pass through"extended orstub portions of the leaves 6,- the} sets of leaves being in superposed relation, with the leaves 5 "and F similarly superposed: The numeral13lintli cates atransfer leaf ,w-h ich inay be-bound with the stub portions of the leaves 6, by the same staples 12' The weakened line 9 serves'to permit the ready tearing of the material is only on the under face thereof. 7

In the embodiment illustrated, however,

both faces of the transfer leaf 13 are provided with transfer material, this leaf thus being a double-face transfer leaf.

To set the book for inscription, the leaf 5 is grasped at its outer end and drawn back by, as it were, rotating it around the weakened line 8. The transfer leaf 13 may be placed upon or will be found lying upon the uppermost leaf 6. The bottom leaf of the leaves ll will be drawn forward to lie upon the transfer leaf 13, and thereupon the orig-.

mitted to fall upon the support leaf 3 where it will be held and protected when the back ing is returned into superposed relation therewith. The leaf 6 may be torn from its stub along the weakened line 9, and the leaves 5 and 6 may readily be separated along the weakened line 8. The tearing of the leaf 6 along the line 9 and its removal from the pad permits the transfer leaf to lie upon the next under lying set of leaves 5 and 6, and the book may be set for subsequent inscription by repeating the operations hereinbefore referred to.

By utilizing separate leaves 5 and 6, pasted together as described, the book may readily be made to embody leaves of various character. The hard leaf 5 may be of a different color from the original leaf 5 and may be made of any thickness and hardness desired without detracting from the manifolding character of the book. The leaflet, composed of the hard underleaf and soft upper leaf pasted together, is adapted for use in various manifolding books either by multiplying the leaflets or by associating extra leaves when more copies at one writing are desired. Or a single leaflet may be utilized alone in situations where more are not needed. The hard duplicate offers a smooth surface to support the softer leaf being Written upon.

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished among others the objects hereinbefore referred to.

Asmany changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodinlents of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accon'ipanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used inthe following claim is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention, herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a manifolding book of the character described, in combination, connected sets of three record leaves, the leaves of each set superposable relative to each other, with interposition of transfer material, to produce three inscribed leaves at one writing, the upper two of said relatively superposed leaves of each set being separate from and displaceable from each other and of manifold paper, one of said two being of tissue paper and the other of opaque paper; the lowermost of the three leaves of each set being a combined record leaf and stop leaf directly pasted at one end to said opaque leaf.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDlVARD KIRBY BOTTLE. 

